Angels Camp police said the victim's family on Tuesday reported the alleged assault by an acquaintance and said the person responsible had left the area. Angels Camp investigators said they identified the person responsible as Jason David Anthony Roberts. Police said they found Roberts at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 3000 block of Highway 49 in San Andreas.

Officers said that Roberts confessed to sexually assaulting the child. Roberts was arrested and booked into the Calaveras County Jail.